George Noory Sucks! - The Definitive Compendium

[punkinpie]

He may have had a mini stroke / transient ischemic attack.

What is funny to me about that clip is George's chipper, "Exactly!!" at the end of the gibberish.

Classic.

Yeah, I was laughing about that too.  I played the clips for my husband and we've been saying "Exactly!" to each other all day. 

[Meegle]

Hello all....listened to the show last night for the first time in years....Kind of enjoyable....Glad it wasn't George.....wished it had been Knapp.

What's new? 

[MV/Liberace!]

He may have had a mini stroke / transient ischemic attack.

What is funny to me about that clip is George's chipper, "Exactly!!" at the end of the gibberish.

Classic.

george's "exactly!" reply made me cringe.  the man is devoid of spontaneity, wit, improvisation, or honesty.  if i were in george's shoes, i would certainly NOT have let a moment like that just breeze by with a pathetically reflexive and inarticulate "exactly!" as this douche nozzle did.  to me, george's reply to the whole thing was far more embarrassing than anything ian did or said.  this episode illustrates clearly the fact that there is no honesty, grit, or truth behind this man.  how could somebody just brush off a moment like that and pretend nobody just heard what they just heard?  how insulting is that to the audience?  this is why i always liked opie and anthony so much.  they're brutally honest about themselves and everything they're doing on the radio.  if one of them tells a lame joke, they call it out.  if one of them even mispronounces a word, they call it out.  when little jimmy norton talks about his adventures with prostitutes, he never fails to leave out the fact that he enjoys taking a log to the face.  disgusting, sure.  but totally honest and forthright.  noory broadcasts like it's 1956.  he's just such a god damned lightweight and i can't stomach the fact that this taint sniffer fell into a nationally syndicated radio show.  it's a disgrace to the medium. 


i'm glad ian's ok.

[MV/Liberace!]

Hello all....listened to the show last night for the first time in years....Kind of enjoyable....Glad it wasn't George.....wished it had been Knapp.

What's new? 

meegle, you have long been missed.  i really do miss your daily snoory slurs and manglings.  you did a hell of a job.  i hope you'll be around here more regularly.

[Meegle]

I just might. Although I dont think I will be able to as fervently add George's flubs and such as diligently as I once did. That took a lot of time and I have so little of it now.

Nice to be missed!

So what happened to the old site and why are there so many with a GN sucks motif now?

Are my old posts still around?

[Meegle]

...how can I bring my douche ratio up? I mean WAY up.

[SealJuice]

Two idiots talking about addictions and neither knowing, or bothering to investigate, what addiction really means.

I turned this one off very early on. This guy didn't know what he was talking about. He stated early on that some of the early console companies survived, like Atari. I've been in computer game development for fifteen years and I can tell you that Atari did NOT survive. Atari crashed and burned and was dormant for a decade. Then some company bought the name Atari for a song. The only thing about Atari that has survived is the name Atari. Nothing else.

So I figured there was no point in listening to this guy who was an expert on neither video games nor addiction.

[valdez]

george's "exactly!" reply made me cringe.  the man is devoid of spontaneity, wit, improvisation, or honesty.  if i were in george's shoes, i would certainly NOT have let a moment like that just breeze by with a pathetically reflexive and inarticulate "exactly!" as this douche nozzle did.  to me, george's reply to the whole thing was far more embarrassing than anything ian did or said.  this episode illustrates clearly the fact that there is no honesty, grit, or truth behind this man.  how could somebody just brush off a moment like that and pretend nobody just heard what they just heard?  how insulting is that to the audience?  this is why i always liked opie and anthony so much.  they're brutally honest about themselves and everything they're doing on the radio.  if one of them tells a lame joke, they call it out.  if one of them even mispronounces a word, they call it out.  when little jimmy norton talks about his adventures with prostitutes, he never fails to leave out the fact that he enjoys taking a log to the face.  disgusting, sure.  but totally honest and forthright.  noory broadcasts like it's 1956.  he's just such a god damned lightweight and i can't stomach the fact that this taint sniffer fell into a nationally syndicated radio show.  it's a disgrace to the medium. 


i'm glad ian's ok.

And so I figured Noory would say something about it tonight.  He didn't.  Not a word.  Incredible.

[VictoriaPandora]

I lost count of how many times Ian thanked George for having his back and "handling" that so well.
God forbid that anything deeply interesting and unexpected provoke a spontaneous discussion on Georges show.
He's a clock watcher, installed to fill the small space between commercial breaks.


Vermonts dark robotic underbelly;
http://www.disinfo.com/2010/07/interview-whats-it-like-being-a-robot/

A good enough replacement for George Noorey if you ask me.

[punkinpie]

I turned this one off very early on. This guy didn't know what he was talking about. He stated early on that some of the early console companies survived, like Atari. I've been in computer game development for fifteen years and I can tell you that Atari did NOT survive. Atari crashed and burned and was dormant for a decade. Then some company bought the name Atari for a song. The only thing about Atari that has survived is the name Atari. Nothing else.

So I figured there was no point in listening to this guy who was an expert on neither video games nor addiction.

I listened to most of it.  I found out that Grand Theft Auto 5 will be coming out soon.

Did you catch him say "Red Dead Revolver?"   

[MV/Liberace!]

I just might. Although I dont think I will be able to as fervently add George's flubs and such as diligently as I once did. That took a lot of time and I have so little of it now.

Nice to be missed!

So what happened to the old site and why are there so many with a GN sucks motif now?

Are my old posts still around?

yeah, your posts are still here.  i recently combined most of the anti noory threads into one giant, super mega anti noory thread (the definitive compendium).  they're in there.

[MV/Liberace!]

...how can I bring my douche ratio up? I mean WAY up.

just make posts that are good enough to inspire people to click the $$$ button, and you'll do fine.

[MV/Liberace!]

I turned this one off very early on. This guy didn't know what he was talking about. He stated early on that some of the early console companies survived, like Atari. I've been in computer game development for fifteen years and I can tell you that Atari did NOT survive. Atari crashed and burned and was dormant for a decade. Then some company bought the name Atari for a song. The only thing about Atari that has survived is the name Atari. Nothing else.

So I figured there was no point in listening to this guy who was an expert on neither video games nor addiction.

good point.  actually, i think what happened was that unlike nintendo, atari allowed anybody and everybody to develop games for their platform rather than control it in any way.  result:  thousands of SHIT games nobody would wipe their ass with.  atari killed themselves.

[peter]

Here's the working drunk Ian link.



http://rapidshare.com/files/406086991/Ian.Punnett.Drunk.mp3

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This is fake!  I was listening to them live and all they were talking about was soccer.

[peter]

LoL wth i guess i was not paying attention when i heard them talking. THIS IS REAL!!???

[MV/Liberace!]

LoL wth i guess i was not paying attention when i heard them talking. THIS IS REAL!!???

yeah, it's real.  ian talked about it when he hosted saturday and sunday night, and played it a couple times.  he seems to suggest and/or believe it was some sort of functional sleep state, but i'm not so sure.

if memory serves, didn't this happen one time before with ian?

[KnyeGuy]

I agree about the cringe factor from George's  reply of "exactly."
I mean WTF? He could've cracked a joke about it and just mentioned that he'd find out what the hell was goin on with Ian. I think George simply stifles up when presented with anything that is not scripted.
No wonder he shifted the show from unscreened calls to perfectly filtered dumbass sycophants calling in.
Play it safe Georgie boy...play it safe.
Somebody give this guy a bloody morning show where he can dispense the cute and digestible news/traffic in some local market.

[MV/Liberace!]

Somebody give this guy a bloody morning show where he can dispense the cute and digestible news/traffic in some local market.

you've hit the mark.  snoors is a news director.  he is at his peak when reading copy.  anything beyond that, and you're listening to an agent orange victim.  what george needs is to be on in some shit market with a population of about 50,000 reading birthday announcements with some hole who sits feet away from him and laughs incessantly at everything he says.  this is what george should be doing for a living.


honestly, i was angry after i heard his "exactly" remark.  it irked me on multiple levels. 


in the 6 or so years i worked in radio, i met and worked with a lot of guys like george.  they are mediocre, safe, fake, formulaic, unoriginal, corporately submissive, disloyal, and riddled with delusions of grandeur.


art, what have you left us with?  i'd just as soon see the show cancelled than to know this pap is being expelled nightly.

[valdez]

     Good point.  Absolutely.  Floating format.  Where can we buy your book?  Good point.  Absolutely.  What was the most interesting thing you found in whatever it is you're talking about?  Good point.  Absolutely.  Lets take some calls.  How are yooou?  Absolutely.  Floating format.  Where can we buy your book?  Good point.  Absolutely.  What surprised you most?  Good point.  Phone calls.  Absolutely.  How are yooou?  Good point.  Are you a fan of the Twilight Zone?  Me too.  Good Night.

[MV/Liberace!]

     Good point.  Absolutely.  Floating format.  Where can we buy your book?  Good point.  Absolutely.  What was the most interesting thing you found in whatever it is you're talking about?  Good point.  Absolutely.  Lets take some calls.  How are yooou?  Absolutely.  Floating format.  Where can we buy your book?  Good point.  Absolutely.  What surprised you most?  Good point.  Phone calls.  Absolutely.  How are yooou?  Good point.  Are you a fan of the Twilight Zone?  Me too.  Good Night.

i've just been magically whisked through four hours of time in a paragraph.

[elbee]

I HATE GEORGE TOO! WHAT CAN WE DO? MURDER HIM?

[valdez]

     ...yipes.

[SealJuice]

I seriously thought he was joking. He wasn't. I'm laughing now, thinking about it. I'm picturing a clueless Will Ferrell lost in conversation asking me that. [/i]

OMG I totally want to see Will Farrel play the Nooron in his Ron Burgundy suit! With jet black hair!

[999]

George would be perfect on the Onion's morning news show, Today Now:
http://www.theonion.com/video/the-onion-news-networks-morning-show-today-now,14183/#onn-todaynow

[mikemcc]

I agree about the cringe factor from George's  reply of "exactly."
I mean WTF? He could've cracked a joke about it and just mentioned that he'd find out what the hell was goin on with Ian. I think George simply stifles up when presented with anything that is not scripted.
No wonder he shifted the show from unscreened calls to perfectly filtered dumbass sycophants calling in.
Play it safe Georgie boy...play it safe.
Somebody give this guy a bloody morning show where he can dispense the cute and digestible news/traffic in some local market.

To be honest, I don't think George even realized what was going on. He has said "Exactly" at so many inappropriate times with so many different guests that his response really didn't surprise me. It just seemed like one more of his pointless, "Indeed, indeed" or "Absolutely" beginnings or endings that it was classic George for me.

On another note, I think Ian was asleep. I know he insists that he was wide awake and aware, but he acted just like my kids do once in a while when they fall asleep in the afternoon after they have had an especially busy day. This happens most frequently with my oldest boy who is 12. I'll wake him up so he can eat dinner and he'll try to start a conversation with me. Just a couple of weeks ago this happened and he said, "Who's on first base?" He went on to string together some pretty much random words and phrases, just as Ian did. He even slurred his speech like Ian. There have been times that my son will actually go on like this for two or three minutes. One time I woke him up by pulling on his arm and talking loudly to him and you could see him jerk into wakefulness, just as if he had been sleepwalking, which, since he was standing up, I guess he was. As soon as he is fully awake, he is fine. This also happens with my other kids who are a little younger, but not quite as often.

Given Ian's problem with sleeping, it wouldn't surprise me if he unknowingly slipped into that netherworld not-quite-awake/not-quite-asleep stage. I'm sure he *thought* he was awake/aware, but he obviously wasn't. When Tommy immediately called him, that was enough to snap him back to full consciousness without him even being aware that he had been out of it. If Ian's tinnitus is bad enough that it is causing him to lose sleep, it is probably pretty bad. And I have a feeling it may be a little worse than Ian says it is... Plus, he said he has always had a bit of a hard time getting to sleep and sleeping soundly, so this was just his body taking over and putting him out for a few seconds.

I'm certainly no M.D. so I don't claim to be making any kind of diagnosis here, but this is just what it seemed like to me. Do any of you all have kids who have done this?

[MV/Liberace!]

Do any of you all have kids who have done this?

i remember my little brother sleep walking regularly.  we'd be in the living room watching tv or whatever, and here he'd come, dragging his feet into the living room, stopping, standing, staring, confused.  my mom eventually changed the deadbolt on the door so that a key would be required in order to unlock it.  she was afraid he might try to leave the house.  i had never known anybody to do this until my brother came along.  as a matter of fact, i previously thought sleepwalking was just a type of myth or something.

[valdez]

     George continues his unrelenting war against genetically modified foods with Jeffery Smith, and in his continuing effort to put our minds at ease about the near future with Lawrence E. Joseph, author of "Apocalypse 2012". 

[elbee]

Does anyone else notice georges inability to come up with any interesting questions?? Most of the time when a guest stops talking and tries to pass the conversation over George says "How can we...AUDIBLE PAUSE WHILE HE THINKS OF A QUESTION" or " what if...." or "let's take some calls"

[mikemcc]

Does anyone else notice georges inability to come up with any interesting questions?? Most of the time when a guest stops talking and tries to pass the conversation over George says "How can we...AUDIBLE PAUSE WHILE HE THINKS OF A QUESTION" or " what if...." or "let's take some calls"

I have noticed this, too. I believe George has a set of general questions that he asks, one by one, as the interview progresses. That's why you hear him move from topic to topic -- he is just reading through his pre-determined questions. Art, Ian, and Knapp are able to follow a conversation thread in a way that allows them to generate questions on the fly, just as you and I do when we talk to our friends and family. That's why you hear Art sort of "flowing" with the conversation -- he asks genuine questions based upon what the guest says. If this leads into an area that requires more questions, Art asks them. George just can't do this. My greatest criticism of George is that his guests will sometimes get into VERY interesting areas that the listener knows should be explored. Just at the penultimate moment, George says, "OK, tell us where we can get your book." I cringe when I think of how many times this has happened. So, instead of moving into a topic that the audience would enjoy hearing about, George takes the conversation into an area that is not productive.

It's kind of like when I have a conversation with my wife about her day. Sure, I have a few pre-determined questions like, "How did your day go?" or "Who did you have lunch with?" or "Did you get any big clients today?" But I don't rely only on these questions. If she tells me that she had lunch with the president of some company, I'll ask what it is that company does and what she hopes to do for them. I'll ask other questions based on what she says to me until the conversation naturally flows into something else. Again, we all do something similar to this every day. But George can't do it to save his life, poor man. If I was George, my wife would tell me who she had lunch with and what that person's company does and then I'd say, "So, what did you get at the store today?" never to return to the discussion about the company. I'd never have a chance to learn that she was very close to selling them a $2M advertising/marketing/PR contract. In other words, I'd miss the real "meat" of the conversation -- I'd miss the most important part because I had my pre-determined questions that I had to ask. And my wife would probably look at me like I had just grown a second head -- exactly how I look at the radio every time George does this! I dislike George as an interviewer because I consistently feel like the most important stuff the guest had to tell us was never discussed.

I believe that George relies on Fast Blast for most of his questions. That is part of the reason that you hear him hem and haw and string a question out interminably -- he's actually trying to scroll through his Fast Blasts to find a question that someone sent in. He saw it scroll by a few minutes ago and he remembers part of it, but not all. So he starts out with what he remembers while he is desperately trying to find what it is the Fast Blast question asked.

The upshot is that George is just a dismal interviewer. If I was having a real-life, in-person conversation with him, I would feel compelled to reach out and slap him in the face to try to get his attention. I wish we had a "Fast Slap" that would allow us to do this remotely. That's what he needs.

[Bosco]

I agree. George just does what Larry King does reads questions and has no two way conversations with a guest.

I also don't believe that he reads any books that a guest might have written like Ian, Art and Knapp do.

Too bad that Noory has ruined what Art had greated.